Yesterday Mary gave us some fab back-combing advice in a comment on a posting about rollers. Her tips were so good they deserve a post all of their own:
The perfect comb to use is a “tail-comb†which has closely positioned teeth at one end, and a long thin pointed handle which can be used to section and tease the hair.
Comb your hair into the style you want and then start back-combing at the front of the area you need height, in small, straight sections using the tail of the comb. Start at the root pushing the hair right down towards the scalp and slowly work up towards the tips of the hair. The more height you want, the further up you need to do, but about 6cm or 2 inches of back combing on each section is quite far enough. Take another section behind this and continue as far back as you think you need.
When you’ve finished all of the sections, lift them back into place, separate the back-combing by pulling it apart a little with your fingers, and begin “teasing†the hair into place by doing the following: Comb out the top layer ever so slightly and gently to make the top look nice and neat, but don’t press on too hard or comb out too deeply or you’ll loose the back combing.
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If you’re scared of combing all your work out, just lightly brush the top layer with a soft bristle brush. To add extra height, or to fix any areas you’ve squashed , push the tail of the comb into/underneath the back-combing and carefully push/lift the hair up. Style the rest of the hair however you want and then spray with a film of hairspray and you’ve finished.
Mary - you're a gem. We'll all be 60's-tastic before we know it!
